>> But we don't. 0.99.14, for example, is noticeably missing from >> the list --- and I remember 0.99.14 very well because it was the >> first kernel that was stable enough for production use by most >> then Linuxers, marred only by small issues such as (IIRC) ATI and >> S3 video cards vs. COM4. And it's right smack in the middle of the >> list of released kernels.

> Ah yeah, the infamous COM4 bug with S3 chipsets. Seems some fuckwit > used the usual COM4 I/O port as one of its I/O registers. Ahh, that > particular chipset designer should have been taken out and made to > use Microsoft products in eternity (with a Windows 95 Beta!).

I can't comment re the bug you mention since I've never experiencedit, but I can confirm that 0.99.14 (as well as the rest of the missing0.99.* series) is now available from the kernel version history pageI've put up...